Main-event fighters Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar each came in on point for their featherweight title fight, in which Aldo (21-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) puts his belt on the line for the first time in more than a year. Edgar (14-3-1 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC), the UFC’s former lightweight champion, is dropping down to 145 pounds for the first time after six straight title fights at lightweight. He was a pound under at 144; Aldo came in at 145 on the nose.

The co-main event is a light heavyweight bout between former champion Rashad Evans (17-2-1 MMA, 12-2-1 UFC) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (20-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC). Evans returns to action for the first time since a title fight loss to former teammate Jon Jones at UFC 145 this past April. Nogueira fights for the first time in more than a year after a knee injury sidelined him in 2012. Each fighter came in at 206 pounds.

And in a bout that could determine the next challenger for Cain Velasquez’s heavyweight title, former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem (36-11 MMA, 1-0 UFC) takes on Antonio Silva (17-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC). Overeem kept his jeans on and weighed in at 264 pounds; Silva was 262.

Friday’s event took place at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s card. UFC 156 has a main card on pay-per-view (10 p.m. ET) after prelims on FX (8 p.m. ET) and Facebook (7 p.m. ET).

For a full rundown of the proceedings, check out our UFC 156 weigh-in results post. Additionally, check out images of all the fighters below.

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